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Susana Martinez (born July 14, 1959) is an American attorney and politician. She is the 31st and current Governor of New Mexico.〔Davis, Susan. (Political Trivia: New Mexico Marks a Milestone ),''Wall Street Journal'', June 2, 2010.〕 A Republican, Martinez was elected Governor on November 2, 2010, and was sworn into office on January 1, 2011. Born in El Paso, Texas, Martinez is a graduate of the University of Oklahoma College of Law. After graduating from college and being admitted to the State Bar of New Mexico, she began her career as an assistant district attorney for New Mexico's 3rd Judicial District in Las Cruces in 1986, before being appointed deputy district attorney in 1992. She then ran for District Attorney for the 3rd Judicial District in Doña Ana County, New Mexico, in 1996 after joining the Republican Party and defeating her former boss; she served three terms as district attorney from 1997 to 2011. After incumbent Governor Bill Richardson was term limited, Martinez declared her candidacy for the governorship. She won in a five-candidate Republican primary and went on to defeat the former Lieutenant Governor of New Mexico Diane Denish with 53% of the vote in the general election. Four years later, she was reelected in a landslide against Attorney General Gary King. She is the first woman to be elected Governor of New Mexico and the first Hispanic female governor in the United States. In 2013, she was named one of ''Time'' magazine's 100 most influential people in the world. ==Early life, education and early career== Martinez was born on July 14, 1959, in El Paso, Texas. She was brought up in a middle-class family of Mexican descent. Her father, Jacobo Martinez, was a boxer for the U.S. Marines during the Korean War, and won three straight Golden Gloves titles in the 1950s. He was a deputy sheriff for El Paso County.〔Heild, Colleen. ("Tough As Nails" ), ''Albuquerque Journal'', September 10, 2010.〕 Her mother, Paula Aguirre, worked in various offices. Susana Martinez has two siblings, a sister and a brother.〔 Martinez is the legal guardian and caretaker of her older sister, Lettie, who has cerebral palsy and is developmentally disabled.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Governor Susana Martinez )〕 Martinez attended Riverside High School in El Paso where she was student body president.〔 An honors student, she graduated in 1977. She earned her bachelor's degree in criminal justice from the University of Texas at El Paso. While at UTEP, she worked for her father's security guard company. Martinez patrolled a parking lot of a Catholic bingo hall and has said she carried a Smith & Wesson .357 Magnum while on the job.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Firing up the GOP: Martinez's personal story gets primetime slot at GOP convention )〕 In 1981, Martinez pursued her J.D. degree from the University of Oklahoma College of Law and graduated in 1986. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Susana Martinez」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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